Forests and Dragonflies, 4th WDA Symposium of Odonatology, Pontevedra, Spain, July 2005, Pensoft Series Faunistica 61, ISSN 1312-0174
Rivera, AC( ED)
2006. Sofia-Moscow, 165x214, collection of 14 papers on dragonflies, graphs, tables and color photos, In English.
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Contents:
Cordero Rivera, A.: Introduction - Corbet, P.S.: Forests as habitats for dragonflies (Odonata) - Graca, M.: Allochthonous organic matter as a food resource for aquatic invertebrates in forested streams. The importance of forests for dragonflies in different continents - Orr, A.G.: Odonata in Bornean tropical rain forest formations: diversity, endemicity and implications for conservation management - Paulson, D.: The importance of forests to neotropical dragonflies - Fincke, O.M.: Use of forest and tree species, and dispersal by giant damselflies (Pseudostigmatiae): future prospects in fragmented forests - Dijstra, K.-D. & Claustnitzer, V.: Thoughts from Africa: how can forest influence species composition, diversity and speciation in tropical Odonata? - Sahlen, G.: Specialists vs. generalists among dragonflies - the importance of forest environments in the formation of diverse species pools - Tsubaki, Y. & N. Tsuji: Dragonfly habitat maps based on landcover and habitat relation models. Conservation and behavioral issues - Samways, M.: Threat levels to odonate assemblages from invasive alien tree canopies - Taylor, Ph.: Movement behaviours of a forest odonate in two heterogeneous landscapes - Thompson, D.J. & Watts, Ph.C.: The structure of the Coenagrion mercuriale populations in the New Forest, southern England - Watanabe, M.: Mate location and competition for mates in relation to sunflecks of forest floors - Cordoba-Aguilar, A. & Contreras-Garduno, J.: Differences in immune ability in forest habitats of varying quality: dragonflies as study models - Hadrys, H. The present role and future promise of conservation genetics for forest Odonates

Notes:
Over the world, forests provide diverse habitats for a range oforganisms, including dragonflies and other animals, that at a first sight seem not to depend on forests. For instance, Macromia splendens, one of Europe’s most endangered dragonflies (cover), uses forest roads as hunting places, and larvae are sometimes found amongst tree roots. As the authors of this book show, dragonflies are highly dependent on forest cover and composition, and this is true from the boreal forests to the tropics. The aim of this book is therefore to explore the ways in which forests affect dragonfly life, and to show that forests are much more than places where timber is produced.

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